The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-22


tiers ritual, uniform, &c:
Supreme Recorder w. F. Bohn. Of st:
Louis, reported total receipts 1T $l44,-
372.S5; disbursements the same. In
Guiding balance on hand OF $4.144.72:
The following is the total membership
Tor the fiscal year 1887:
MISSOURI. Z,o44
illinois. $3.50
Kansas. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1,12O
New ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1.747
Ontario ........ 1903
Pennsylvania ............ 81
Minnesota............... 1856
Colorado................ .................... 1926
Mlcnl2an o-4
California;. ...................:... 652
Supreme............:.... ...............:: 674
The membership exhibit may be summa-
rized as follows:
Total number of legions July. 1885. $50
Total number of lesions July; 1887. 47S
Net increase OF legions. 14S
Total membership July, 1SS5..:.... 9,14S
Total membership July, 1S87.........12, 317
Netincreaso OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1863
The chief points for discussion were the re-
port OF the supreme commander, most OF
whose recommendations were adopted,
and amendments to the constitution. the
OF certain superfuous committees.
The election of officers took pla CO and re-
suited as follows, many OF the contests be-
ing exceedingly close: Supreme command
er, George w. Reed, Topeka, Kan. re-
elected; supreme vice commander, Charles
Babst. Pittsburg, Pa; supreme lieutenant
commander, George ". Howard, Paris H.;
supreme recorder, r. f. Hil Buffalo, \. T.;
supreme treasurer, W. R. Sheen. Lawrence,
Kan; supreme standard bearer,
E. II. Reading, Sacramento, Cal;
supreme senior workman,O. H. Comfort,
st. Paul; supreme junior workman.
A. P. johnson, Omaha, Neb.; supreme
guard, F. Seniger st. Louis Mo-: supreme
trustee, Ed ellis. New York, Y. Y; su-
prcme medical director, DR.. J. d. Hibben,
Kansas.
A resolution was passed thanking the
comrades OF MINNEAPOLIS and st. Paul for
the many courtesies extended, and also
thanking the Knights OF Pythias for the
use OF their hall.
Most OF the business OF the order was
done in secret. and is not yet disclosed.
The members were the recipients OF many
courtesies in St. Paul.
The streets OF St. Paul and Minneapolis
were brilliantly Illuminated during the fair
week, attracting many thousands of spec
tators. The spectacle was the finest ever
seen in the state.
A burly negro went to the house OF Tho
as Kelly in Eureka, five miles from Farm
ington, and attempted to enter a young
girls room for base purpose. He was ar.
rested.
Elk Warden Reed, OF the Minnesota state
pris on, files his answer to the charges pre-
fer-ed against him, and makes counter
charges against Warden Stordock.
Governor McGill honoreda requisition
issued on him by Gov. Rusls Of Wisconsin
to secure the person of one Lizzie Mackey
OF Eau Clnire. The crime with which Liz
zie Mackey is charged is mayhem. She
got mixed up in a quarrel with another
woman in Eau Claire. and in playful
mood bit off her ear.
Rev. Claude Roboteau, a resident of St.
Louis and q graduate from Crozier Theo-
logical seminary at Chester, Pa, has ac-
cspted the = cal IT,, extended by the Baptist
The following patents have been granted
to Minnesotians: Minnesota: II. L. Earle.
Minneapolis, steam boiler, also one for au-
tomato grain scales; c. H. Freer, Blue
Earth City, strap buckle; C. E. haupt. St.
Panl, car coupling; ". T. Horton and D. K
Sieikin, Blue Earth City, cover for spring
bed bottoms; F. Peteler, Minneapolis, car
sxle box, also one for drawbar and bump.
er; J. P: Race, St. Paul brake, shoe and
head; c. NJ. Stanchfeld, st. Paul, compost
ton for softening printers ink; Il. R. Itch
enor and P. Walker, Hcnning, wagon and
gate.
Pensions granted to Minnesotians:
Widow OF T. CAVITY, Shakopee; original,
w. H. Gibbs, LIE Sueur Center; j. James
Lake Crystal; T. Larson, Glenwood; II.
Haman, Castle Rock; T. Anderson. Monti.
cello; B. F. Davis, Mankato; G. Smith,
Minnea polls; W: Pilgrim, Oakland; j.
Hall, Red Lake Falls.
At Princeton. Mile Laos county, a Dung
man named Pieraon was accidentally shot
while hunting. His companion raised his
gun to shoot a duck and on lowering it.,
with his finger on the trigger, it was dis
charged and the contents passed through
the abdomen of Person.
At Austin, Samuel Pinkham, aged fifty
five years. died suddenly in spasm.
new society, called the "Anti Treat
Society," was organized in st. Paul. The
bylaws OF the society are that no member
OF the organization shall treat or receive a
treat from any OF tho enrolled members of
anything.
The wife of Postmaster McHugh, of
Hastings, died suddenly OF apoplexy at
Morris.
Thomas L. Bunne, for thirty years O.
| resident of White Bear, Ramsey county,
Gently.
The three-years term for which Rev.
Robert Forbes was appointed to preside
over the Central Park Methodist church
has now almost elapsed. The new az
pointee is Rev. DR.. Smith Of Eu:.-,:. n. Y.
! Sunday night the 1th inst, the boomers
! ofproperty all turned out and greeted Rev.
Samuel G. Smith OF the First Methodist
church. OF St. Paul. it having been an
| nn,,ncof that how ~, , ~
real estate men. He gave them good
! talking to-"
| The outrage wave struck Brainerd on
the failing of Ed Wilson for attempted as
sault upon Mrs. Carrie Courtney, wife OF a
| settler living four miles north Of Wheelock
station, III Cass county.
! At Wabasha, the school squabble is vir.
tually settled. 1t is held that the school
meeting held 10y the seven ladies and their
election OF J. n. Murdoch as school direct
or is contrary to law, and so illegal.
Carl J. Z;nke. aged nine years, was gored
by bull and killed On the farm OF G. Bro
einsky OF Antrim, Watonwan county.
! The particulars OF the recent shooting
| OF Erwin Hall OF the town of Mitona.
Douglas county, by Edwin Trask, an old
! man OF the same place. show that there
had been ill-feeling between the two on &C
| count OF a lawsuit two years ago. The
! bullet took effect in his breast, passed
through the right lung ana lodged in the
muscles of the back. He will probably die.
Trask is in Jail at Alexandria.
The buildings which are being erected by
the Dominican Fathers in South Mime
apolis promise to he a valua bile addition 10
the finer specimens Of Minneapolis church
architecture. The church will be the lare-
est and probably the most imposing editce
in the city.
William Bickel. cashier OF the Germania
Bank OF St. Paul. has purchased of the
administrators Of the estate of w. F. Dav-
idson one hundred feet square at the cor
ner OF Wabasha and Fifth streets for q
bank building. The price paid was $780,.
900 cash down.
Judge McClusr OF Saltwater decides to
order the sale OF the Northwestern Car
Works.
Mike Oday, section foreman at York
Mills, while intoxicated got on top OF the
stove in Gates saloon and fell from it,
breaking his neck and dying instantly.